This month for the 6 x 4 lives postcard challenge I decided to pull out my sewing machine and so some machine embroidery instead of hand stitching. I don’t often do machine embroidery as I take my main pleasure is quietly sitting with needle, thread and fabric. It is just …
We don’t know quite what to call this. Is it a shawl or a cardigan? Under the arms are attached by a few stitches but its more like a throw on thing. Jerry jokingly described it as something that was thrown and not quite missed. I am feeling quite satisfied …
All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go : Novelty Cards of People in Silk and Embroidery by Liselotte Erlanger Glozer is a brief article on silk cards produced in the l9th century. Particularly of interest to those who are creating contemporary fabric postcards is a section half way down the …
Gina of Patra’s Place is trying to identify an piece of vintage lace that is an inherited UFO. It is a form of Tape lace but not the most commonly known which is Battenberg Lace . Another form is Princess lace but it’s not that either! I could not find …
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven has put a call to artists to produce a post card for the Postcard International, An Art Show All proceeds go to Save the Children. Create your own artwork on a postcard from scratch, or manipulate/alter an existing postcard. Only one side will …
Making fabric postcards is a step by step illustrated tutorial on creating a fiber postcard. An equally useful tutorial is How To Make A Fabric Postcard DebR Style . It is a highly amusing jaunty approach to the same topic.
Victorian Magazine is an ezine that devotes itself to all things Victorian which I think many readers here will enjoy. I particularly liked this embroidered silk costume and for silk ribbon embroidery fans take a look at this robe The rest of victoriana.com is also worth exploring as there are …
